Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said the allegations of sexual misconduct against GOP Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, first published in the Washington Post, were a “setup.”

“This whole thing was a setup. This whole thing was weaponized. Right? You know that. Folks down here in Alabama know that,” Bannon said at a rally for Moore in Fairhope, Ala., on Tuesday. “This is the Jeff Bezos, Amazon, Washington Post. Even Chuck Todd of NBC, of Matt Lauer fame, Chuck Todd, he even said it looked like a coordinated hit. Because Mitch McConnell was out 57 minutes later saying Judge Moore should drop out.”